Embers of Muatt - Mechs & Leaders Update - Twilight Imperium: Prophecy of Kings 

Keep in mind that the start forge ability not only triggers the mech ability but also the commander since you spend the token from your strategy pool. That makes it a lot more economic.

Remember everyone, it explicitly states that the Ghost of Creuss delta wormhole is not a home system. Nothing stopping from replacing it with the superior Muaat supernova.

Played these guys for the first time this weekend and ended up in 2nd place with them. The combination of their Agent, Commander, and Mech are amazing. Didn't get to use Nova Seed, but I threatened a lot of people with it, so that still counts. Definitely a fun faction. Would 100% play them again.

Thanks so much for making these videos. Great to get ready and learn about the races before we get the expansion and start playing :)

Interesting observation about Muaat using destroy and producing supernova for negotiation power. Very subtle (?) technique but one that may be overlooked during the game. Great videos - keep going! (LOL)

Do keep in mind the stack ability / synergy of starforce! I wasnt a big fan of it either before POK, but now it is first of all a stall, than you can build destroyer or fighter, you'll get a tradegood and if you have two mechs around you'll also get two free infantery! Which makes you're starforce worthy of three resources in general. Aka the cost of a token. And that in my humble opinion is definitly worth it, since you'll be producing without activating and you're also stalling. Couple that with Umbat you'd basicly could have a dread, couple of destroyers and a fighterscreen and a bunch of infantery laying around your warsun without ever having to activate any of it. If you're able to get a hold of mecatol you'll also have two extra tokens at your disposal, meaning per round two stalls, 2 destroyers or 4 fighters and four infantery. The economics behind it really line up rather well actually.

3rd time playing and I decided to try these guys out. Only the 2nd race I ever played. It caused absolute chaos, the game took 13hrs and we had to split it between 2 days. I almost won with these guys, needed 1 point left, would’ve been my 1st time wining, but lost cause someone cheated (we found out later) was not disappointed playing as them tho. Blowin up a whole system and having those warsuns was beautiful. Will play them again

Nova Seed is going to give the Embers a nice edge because opponents won't want to clump their fleets together - which makes it easier for the Ember warsuns to mop them up. Super scary power. The agent is also excellent, definitely a turn 1 play to produce another carrier with infantry; the agent also makes a lone warsun not 'alone' any more - also scary. The commander synergises nicely with the Star Forge power, so combined with the mech you are gaining a decent amount for your command token compared to before. Overall I think the Embers gained a good deal; the upgrades further cement them as the 'warsun faction', and make them far more reliable in the early game.

Uhh man! U are so nice for sharing this stuff with us! Big Thanks to your Work you put into these Videos!

Thanks so much for making these videos. Love'em!

I really like these guys! Thanks for the video!

Played my first POK game a week ago with these! Especially love their high utility agent and hero, but I lacked influence most of the game so I never felt like using those few tokens on Star forge or Ember colossus. Overall, Nova seed with Magmus reactor is pretty threatening and you can basically claim a tile for yourself by sweeping away your opponent at the same time.

Star Forge's cost can be expensive or not. 2 fighters and possibly 4 infantry for 1 command token is not bad at all. Plus a token with the commander ability.

Embers opening move. Take diplomacy. First action play agent produce 1 carrier and 1 destroyer in home system ( 1 infantry if one of your neighboring planets is a 3 planet system or if highest resource neighboring planet is 2 resources). Second action take highest resource neighboring planet and other planets in system ( assume warsun with 2 infantry and 1 fighter). If someone suggests rushing tech remind them you will play diplomacy and give them the ability to spend 6 for two tech. Play diplomacy refresh home system and highest resource planet. When tech is popped research sarween tools. Hopefully warfare is popped at some point in which case you should follow and build 1 carrier and 1 infantry ( or just the carrier if your highest resource planet is 2). Once the dust settles you should have between 5 and 7 planets. If your neighbor has taken trade and you get unstable fuel source you may want to send a destroyer for trade at some point as well.

The main thing that really busts my chose about this faction is how the flagship does not synergize at all with starforge. Both cost a command token, so you have to choose which to do, and while the mech synergizes with star forge, it also does not synergize with the flagship. I hate it. I hate the flagship so much.

Your Omega Magmus Reactor looks great. How did you get it printed in such good quality?

I didn't quite understand what this codex was about. Why would FFG put additional stuff outsode of the game for self-printing?

could they blow up malice?

What if the Embers player used Nova Seed on Malace (wormhole nexus)?

Does the Nova Seed get a Frontier token?